[mythtv-users] Easy Cable Box Integration

[Andrew Barbaccia]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Jeff Clark <jeff at vacantcanvas.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Brad DerManouelian
> <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> > Brian Wood wrote:
> >  > On Mar 27, 2008, at 8:29 AM, Jeff Clark wrote:
> >  >> I've come to the sad realization that the cable in my area is all
> >  >> digital and encrypted and that I need the box for what I want to
> >  >> watch.
> >  >
> >  > I thought they were supposed to, at the very least, make available in
> >  > an unencrypted manner the channels that you would be able to receive
> >  > via an antenna.
> >  >
> >  > They should do this either by normal unencrypted NTSC signals or
> >  > unencrypted QAM.
> >  >
> >  > It may still be true that anything you might actually want to watch
> is
> >  > encrypted, but the cable shouldn't be "all digital and encrypted", at
> >  > least if you are in the USA.
> >  >
> >  > beww
> >
> >  He's being dramatic. In the other thread he determined that he can get
> a
> >  bunch of SD channels with his analog tuner. Now he wants to get the
> rest. :)
> >
> >
>
> Sad, and partly true.  I thought I could get a bunch of SD channels,
> but I'm on a different Comcast network than the guy who said he could
> get all of them without the box.  In my area, all you can get is the
> OTA channels and some religious channel.
>
> I've just come to terms with the fact that I need to go through the
> box until I move and get on a decent cable provider. :(
>
> I'm just trying to find out how to do that efficiently now...
>
> Jeff
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That is actually pretty typical. FCC only requires cable companies to
distribute local broadcasts as unencrypted - and that's all they usually do.
In my experience I usually get 5 - 15 digital channels. As Feb. 19 moves
closer, this number should go up.

-- 
Andrew Barbaccia
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